from islands and highlands
from shores of emerald green
from mountains high with rushing streams
they came to live their life-long dreams
leaving behind the place of their birth
traveling here in a third class berth
they brought with them the crest of their clans
from the lovely lands where it all began
danced their jigs and told their tales of yore
of life and love on those far shores
here they lived and here they died
for a better life they truly tried
and so it is that their own offspring
now long for kilgary and dancin’ the fling
yearn to return to the home of their hearts
to live their dreams right from the start
on islands and highlands
and shores of emerald green
from shores of emerald green
from mountains high with rushing streams
they came to live their life-long dreams
leaving behind the place of their birth
traveling here in a third class berth
they brought with them the crest of their clans
from the lovely lands where it all began
danced their jigs and told their tales of yore
of life and love on those far shores
here they lived and here they died
for a better life they truly tried
and so it is that their own offspring
now long for kilgary and dancin’ the fling
yearn to return to the home of their hearts
to live their dreams right from the start
on islands and highlands
and shores of emerald green
~
my paternal grandparents
my paternal grandparents
clarissa caroline mcgalliard [1884 - 1972]
and charles gilstrap [1884 - 1946]
the marriage of ireland and scotland and charles gilstrap [1884 - 1946]
